The Style Report: The CFDA Awards

Alexander Wang

The following will be a running vampire pun, given the presence of Ms. Roitfeld: There's a lot at stake at the CFDA, and everyone is looking for designers to slay it on the red carpet. While we are usually drawn to sharper formal attire, we can sink our teeth into this non-traditional look from the Count of Comfy Cool, Mr. Wang.

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Seth Meyers

We've been seeing a lot more lately with guys like Jason Sudeikis and Aziz Ansari—a funny guy in a seriously sharp suit. Seth's Band of Outsiders tux ensures he looks like he belongs at the event, and not just as the host.

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Zac Posen

Velvet isn't for the faint of sartorial heart, but when it's done this well, and kept firmly in the dark side of the spectrum, almost any guy could look as good as Zac does here.

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Pharrell

Quirky dimensions (giant bow, shirt sleeves extended well past his jacket), shorts, and a beanie—for anyone else this would be a travesty. Mr. Williams turns it into a hit. It works because it doesn't. Swerve.

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Billy Reid

All hail the King of Southern Swagger. Reid was perfection in an ivory double-breasted dinner jacket. He looked like a winner even before he made it official. Congratulations, sir.

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Erin Wasson, Antonio Azzuolo, and Shaun White

Who needs ads when you have a red carpet crew reppin' like this? These three are decked out in Azzuolo, of course, and make it clear the designer knows his way around a roped shoulder.

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Victor Cruz

The New York Giant is the new man on the scene at Gotham's biggest fashion events, and we're not tired of him yet. A super-sharp suit from Calvin Klein...and note those perfectly hemmed trousers. A suit that fits a football player? Are he and Tim Tebow sharing playbooks?

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Tommy Hilfiger

The Lifetime Acheivement award winner shows us all how he got to be a household name in the first place, by putting his signature spin on the traditional. Pinstripes never struck us as eveningwear-appropriate, but we'll happily reconsider our stance based on Tommy's shawl-collar number.

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Brad Goreski

Brad may have had this suit tailored from the tapestries at his Greenwich horse farm, but he fully commits to it (check out that steely glare), and hey, he's a reality star. Anything goes.

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Gabe Saporta

Black tie doesn't have to be all-serious. A pop of the collar here, a punchy sock down there, and Gabe takes evening dressing into more relad territory.

The following will be a running vampire pun, given the presence of Ms. Roitfeld: There's a lot at stake at the CFDA, and everyone is looking for designers to slay it on the red carpet. While we are usually drawn to sharper formal attire, we can sink our teeth into this non-traditional look from the Count of Comfy Cool, Mr. Wang.